# The Borough of Thurrock (Electoral Changes) Order 1997, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order gives effect to recommendations by the Local Government Commission for England for electoral changes in the borough of Thurrock. All of the existing wards of the borough are abolished and 20 new wards are created, having the names set out, and the number of councillors given, in Schedule 1. The areas of the new wards are demarcated on the map described in article 1(2). Provision is made for a whole council election in 1997 and for elections by thirds in subsequent years. Schedule 2 provides for the order of retirement of councillors.
Prints of the map described in article 1(2) may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of the Thurrock Borough Council and at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment which, until May 1997, are located at 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3EB and, thereafter, at 2nd Floor, Ashdown House, 123 Victoria Street, London SW1E.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/775/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/borough-of-thurrock-electoral-changes-order-1997/note
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